Pompeii

Pompeii

Lawrence Technological University

January 21, 2016

Forum

Aluzzo, Adrienne (photograph)

open spaces

2006

Italy (nation)

Pompeii (deserted settlement)

Imperial (Roman)

forums (open spaces)

View of the forum at Pompeii, Italy. "Pompeii's forum, which would have been at the political, commercial and social heart of the town, as in all other Roman towns. As was typical of the time, most of the most important civic buildings at Pompeii - the municipal offices, the basilica (court-house), the principal temples (such as the Capitolium), and the macellum (market) - were located in or around the forum. Recent archaeological work has demonstrated that in the years immediately before Vesuvius … destroyed Pompeii, building work was taking place to improve the appearance of the forum. Wall-paintings in one of the houses excavated illustrate scenes from the forum, such as bustling market-stalls set up in the colonnade fronting many of the forum buildings. Such evidence highlights the importance of this area in the everyday lives of the town's inhabitants,"--BBC website.

concrete

stone (worked rock)

brickwork (masonry)

520 feet long and 109 feet wide

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